Meaning
to tolerate, to stand, to bear
- to tolerate, to stand, to put up with
- to bear, to support (weight)
In a sentence
Non sopporto il caldo di agosto in città.
I can't stand the August heat in the city.
Hai sopportato bene il viaggio in autobus?
Did you handle the bus trip well?
Questo tavolo non può sopportare tanto peso.
This table can't support that much weight.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sopportare | infinitive |
| sopportiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sopporto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sopportate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sopporti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sopportano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sopporta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sopportavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sopportavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sopportavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sopportavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sopportavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sopportava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sopportammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sopportai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sopportaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sopportasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sopportarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sopportò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sopporteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sopporterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sopporterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sopporterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sopporteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sopporterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sopportiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sopporti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sopportiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sopporti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sopportino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sopporti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sopportassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sopportassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sopportaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sopportassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sopportassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sopportasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sopporteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sopporterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sopportereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sopporteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sopporterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sopporterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sopportiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sopportate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sopporta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sopportando | gerund |
| sopportato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often means putting up with something unpleasant: sopportare il caldo, il rumore, una persona. For physical pain, reggere or resistere can sound more natural in context.
- With people, it often implies annoyance: Non lo sopporto = I can't stand him. Stronger and more emotional than tollerare.
- Regular transitive verb; takes avere in compound tenses: ho sopportato, not sono sopportato.